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Bookfair, Musical Performance On Saturday, April 25 we invite family, friends and alumni and all E-Rabs to support this Literary Bookfair. Musical performances and other activities will be scheduled in the afternoon. It's a great time to check out a new release or family game. (added from Barnes & Noble)… (more)

Veronica Roth We are beyond thrilled to welcome back Veronica Roth to an Anderson’s event! We’ll help celebrate the movie tie-in edition of her bestselling book, Insurgent. (The film version of that book debuts in theaters on March 20.) She’ll do a presentation for fans, a Q&A, followed by a showing of the film, Divergent. Tickets are $25 and include a pre-signed copy of Insurgent. Tickets are available at either Anderson’s Bookshop location. There will not a be a signing line or photo line. A random drawing will choose 10 lucky fans (plus 1 friend each) to go backstage to meet Veronica Roth and take a photo! SATURDAY, MARCH 14 at 2:00 PM Tivoli Theatre | 5021 Highland Ave., Downers Grove PLEASE CALL FOR TICKETS (630) 963-2665

Printers Row presents best-selling authors Veronica Roth and Garth Nix in discussion with Chicago Tribune columnist and author Jenniffer Weigel about their new books, Four: A Divergent Collection and Clariel, respectively, and about what it’s like to write their beloved series for adventurous young readers around the world. Roth’s Four: A Divergent Collection was released in July and Nix’s Clariel will be released in October. This Printers Row event will be a rare occasion to meet and hear from both authors on the same stage. Click here for tickets ($20 in advance, $22 at door)!

Veronica Roth is the No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of the Divergent series with over 20 million copies sold. Her next book, Four: A Divergent Collection, was released in early July. Now a full-time writer, Roth and her husband call the Chicago area home. You can visit her online at veronicarothbooks.com.

Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia. A full-time writer since 2001, he previously worked as a literary agent, marketing consultant, book editor, book publicist, book sales representative, bookseller, and as a part-time soldier in the Australian Army Reserve. Nix’s books include the award-winning young adult fantasy novels Sabriel, Lirael and Abhorsen. His fantasy novels for children include The Ragwitch, the Seventh Tower series, The Keys to the Kingdom series, the Troubletwisters series, and Spirit Animals: Blood Ties, co-written with Sean Williams. Nix’s next book, Clariel, is a prequel to the Old Kingdom trilogy and is set to be released in October. More than 5 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.

Attending authors known at publication include Special Guests of the Convention Raymond E. Feist (The Riftwar Saga), Gregg Hurwitz (Tell No Lies), Caitlin R. Kiernan (The drowning girl), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Veronica Roth (Divergent series), and artist John Picacio. Other authors who can be found at panels, signings, and otherwise participating in the convention Jim Butcher, Christina Lauren, Deborah Harkness, Jonathan Maberry, Marjorie Liu, Patrick Rothfuss, Kevin Dilmore, David George, Amber Benson, Chris Marie Green, Rachel Caine, Tonya Hurley, Scott Westerfeld, S.J. Harper, Lev Grossman, and George R.R. Martin. Not to mention Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes and Jay and Silent Bob’s Blueprints for Destroying Everything. Plus 125,000-odd fans and more pop culture than you can imagine! Mysterious Galaxy will have books by many of the above authors in Booth 1119, along with special goodies from publishing partners Penguin Group and Simon & Schuster. You can also find us in publisher booths in the Exhibit Hall, and of course upstairs supporting many author signings in the convention’s autograph area!

For more information, please check the Comic-Con site here.

The signing schedule for our booth (# 1119) can be found at the bottom of this page.

Our Mother-Daughter Book Club is aimed at daughters ages 13-16 and their moms. This time, we’ll discuss Allegiant, by Veronica Roth. Read the book together, then come ready to share your thoughts. New members are welcome. Please RSVP by calling our Downers Grove store at (630) 963-2665. SATURDAY, JUNE 21 at 2:00 PM Bello Tea, 5111 Main St., Downers Grove

Our Mother-Daughter Book Club is aimed at daughters ages 13-16 and their moms. This time, we’ll discuss Insurgent, by Veronica Roth. Read the book together, then come ready to share your thoughts. New members are welcome. Please RSVP by calling our Downers Grove store at (630) 963-2665. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 at 2:00 PM Bello Tea | 5111 Main St., Downers Grove

Fiction, Fantasy & Adventure, Mac's Book Club for girls will discuss Divergent By Veronica Roth on Saturday, January 11th at 10:30 a.m.

In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.